[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23243: wp_mail() not working with "Name <email>" format in buggy PHP versions on Windows

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#23243: wp_mail() not working with "Name <email>" format in buggy PHP versions on
Windows
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 Reporter:  bbosh         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Mail          |     Version:  3.5
 Severity:  minor         |  Resolution:  worksforme
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Changes (by SirLouen):

 * keywords:  needs-patch =>
 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => worksforme


Comment:

 == Reproduction Report
 === Description
 ❌ This report can't validate that the issue can be reproduced.

 === Environment
 - WordPress: 6.8.2
 - PHP: 8.2.18
 - Server: Apache/2.4.59 (Win64) OpenSSL/3.1.5
 - Database: mysqli (Server: 11.8.1-MariaDB-log / Client: mysqlnd 8.2.18)
 - Browser: Chrome 138.0.0.0
 - OS: Windows 10/11
 - Theme: Twenty Twenty-Five 1.2
 - MU Plugins: None activated
 - Plugins:
   * Testing Dolly 1.0.0
   * Test Reports 1.2.0

 === Testing Instructions
 1. Enable a Windows web server with mail service
 2. Add `wp_mail("Name <email at ext.com>", "Test 2", "Test 2");` where this
 could be executed
 3. 👌Email is received as expected (check supplemental artifacts)

 === Actual Results
 1. ❌ Error condition is not occurring

 === Additional Notes
 - As @cbutlerjr has suggested, given that 5.2 is no longer supported, I'm
 testing with a supported version just to confirm if this is currently
 working under a Windows PHP-based system.

 - For this reason, it is time to close this ticket as `worksforme`

 === Supplemental Artifacts

 {{{
 Return-Path: <test at example.com>
 Received: from testwordpress.test (unknown [172.20.0.1])
         by 144d19eeeff3 (Mailpit) with SMTP
         for <email at ext.com>; Thu, 7 Aug 2025 10:59:20 +0000 (UTC)
 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 10:59:20 +0000
 To: Name <email at ext.com>
 From: test <test at example.com>
 Subject: Test 2
 Message-ID:
 <i1cFGSEO5Ruo7DjhxX93tIVBBa7D5SYsGbIbOu2ULA at testwordpress.test>
 X-Mailer: PHPMailer 6.9.3 (https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer)
 MIME-Version: 1.0
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 Test 2
 }}}

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